The Building Blocks of a Solid Marriage

Dr. Thompson examines the key building blocks for making a marriage strong and healthy, especially the most important being true friends. He will define what true friendship is, and explain how it can dramatically alter the discourse in a marriage for the better.

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Relationship Management: What Makes Marriage Work? Dr. Thompson examines the key building blocks for making a marriage strong and healthy, including yielding to the needs of your partner, being able to make tough choices, and perhaps the most important of all, being true friends.
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Relationship Management: Deep Friendship Dr. Thompson stresses the importance of having a true and deep friendship with your spouse. He will explain what deep friendship is, and how it can help balance conflict within the marriage, while also reducing the fallout afterwards.
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Relationship Management: Managing Conflict Conflicts can destroy a marriage, but through friendship, respect and understanding, it does not need to be this way.
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Relationship Management: Good versus Bad In our final segment, we will examine what happens in unhealthy marriages, and what you will see on a regular basis, including contempt, criticism, and judgment.
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